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Title: Sleep quality mediates the association between chronotype and mental health in young Indian adults
Authors: Chauhan, S
Pandey, R
Vakani, K
Norbury, R
Ettinger, U
Kumari, V
Keywords: sleep;chronotype;mental health;personality;childhood trauma;morningness-eveningness;impulsivity;schizotypy
Issue Date: 24-Jun-2024
Publisher: Nature Research (part of Springer Nature)
Citation: Chauhan, S. et al. (2024) 'Sleep quality mediates the association between chronotype and mental health in young Indian adults', npj Mental Health Research, 3, 31, pp. 1 - 9. doi: 10.1038/s44184-024-00076-9.
Abstract: There is increasing recognition of ‘higher preference for eveningness’ as a potential independent risk factor for poor mental health. To examine the chronotype-mental health relationship while also quantifying the potential roles of poor sleep quality, relevant personality traits, and childhood trauma, we assessed 282 young adults (18–40 years; 195 females) residing in North India, between January and March 2023 (to control for seasonal variation), using self-report measures of diurnal preference, sleep patterns, mental health (depression, anxiety, and stress), personality traits (extraversion, neuroticism, schizotypy, and impulsivity), and childhood trauma. The results showed a significant association between eveningness and poor mental health but this association was fully mediated by poor sleep quality. Neuroticism, emotional abuse and cognitive disorganisation were correlated with eveningness as well as with poor mental health and sleep quality. Neuroticism and emotional abuse, but not cognitive disorganisation, also had indirect effects on mental health via sleep quality. Our findings highlight the crucial role played by sleep quality in the chronotype-mental health relationship.
Description: Data availability: All data supporting this work are freely available via Brunel University London research repository at 10.17633/rd.brunel.25451407.
URI: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/29237
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44184-024-00076-9
Other Identifiers: ORCiD: Ray Norbury https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-9726
ORCiD: Veena Kumari https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9635-5505
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